• Company Type For Profit
  • Contact Email info@waypoint-ent.com

Co-founded in 2010 by industry veteran Ken Kao, Waypoint Entertainment is a full service production company that provides creative and financial services to their projects. Guided by a collaborative and passionate team, the company serves as a project incubator, empowering talent and filmmakers through all stages of development and production.

Among Waypoint’s notable film credits are Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar and BAFTA-winning THE FAVOURITE starring Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz for Searchlight Pictures; Shane Black’s detective thriller THE NICE GUYS featuring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe with Warner Bros.; Destin Daniel Cretton’s THE GLASS CASTLE with Woody Harrelson and Brie Larson for Lionsgate; Scott Cooper’s HOSTILES starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike; Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE featuring Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver; Terrence Malick’s SONG TO SONG starring Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman; and Malick’s KNIGHT OF CUPS with Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman.

Waypoint’s latest feature CUCKOO, written and directed by Tilman Singer, stars Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick, had its world premiere at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival. NEON is set to release the film later this year.

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